74 Mr. James Edwards’ Synopsis of 
also distinguished by the black stripes on the elytra; the latter in 
the male occupy almost the entire surface, but in the female they 
are confined to the clavus or entirely wanting; apical areas 
blackish. Length, 5—5} mm. 
Not common. Colton, Somersetshire (Power); it has 
also been taken by Blatch. 
6. Limotettix sulphurella, Gett. 
Cicadula sulphurella, Zett., Ins. Lap., 297, 8. 
Cicada virescens, Fall., Hem. Suec., ii., 52, 45. 
Jassus virescens, Flor, Rhyn. Liv., ., 339, 9; Marsh., 
Ent. Mo. Mag., iii., 103, 27; Kirschb., Cicad., 
101, 837; Thoms., Opusce. Ent., i., 61, 34. 
Limotettix sulphurella, J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xi., 239, 12. 
Thamnotettix virescens, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., 25, 
13; Fieb., Cicad. d’Eur. (Thamnotettiz), 95, 30. 
T’. sulphurella, Ferrari, Cicad. agri Ligust., 51, 18. 
Sulphur-yellow, at the base of each antenna a black spot. 
Crown subequal in length to half its basal width, about one-third 
longer in the middle than at the sides, free sides gently arcuate, 
angle blunt. Frons sometimes with traces of fuscous side-lines. 
Pronotum nearly twice as long as the crown. Elytra flavo-hyaline, 
nerves yellow. Middle of the breast black. Abdomen above in 
the male black, sides narrowly yellow; in the female yellow, 
broadly black down the middle; under side black at the base in 
both sexes. Outer side of hind tibie with some black points. 
Length, 4—5 mm. 
Common amongst grasses. 
7. Limotettix metrius, Flor. 
Jassus metrius, Flor, Rhyn. Liv., ii., 264, 16 ; Kirschb., 
Cicad., 137, 107. 
Deltocephalus metrius, Fieb., Syn. Eur. Delto., 20, 58, 
ig. 583.0. Sabk;: Not. Kent... xii.) 326, 19; 
Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., 241, 3. 
3. Fore parts deep yellow ; elytra pale greyish yellow. 9 dirty 
yellowish white; the areas towards the apex of the elytra some- 
times faintly margined with fuscous; suture occasionally blackish. 
Crown nearly twice as long as half its basal width, one-half longer 
in the middle than at the sides, free sides distinctly arcuate, angle 
blunt. Pronotum subequal in length to the crown. Nerves of the 
elytra yellow in the male, whitish in the female. Abdomen above 
